Eight planets.
One big family.
Come meet Earth’s neighbors! Each planet has something wonderful to discover.
Choose the planet with rusty red ground.
Cardboard close-ups • Sizes, spacing, and turning speeds are illustrative
Start at the Sun, then meet each planet in order →
Give this planet a gentle turn
Choose a planet below, then turn its cardboard model.
How big are we?
Pick two planets. Then uncover their true sizes!
Jupiter is about 11.2 times as wide as Earth.
We compare the globes across their middles. Rings and raised craft details do not count. Sizes from NASAFind the red planet
Choose the planet with rusty red ground.
Take your time. You can try as many times as you like.
Window into real space
From our little Earth to faraway galaxies. Pick a picture and peek closer.
Earth, our home
Blue oceans, white clouds, and land: this is the world Nina calls home.
Astronaut photographTaken by the Apollo 17 crew in 1972, on their way to the Moon.Image credit: NASA / Apollo 17 crew · View originalAll eight planets travel around our Sun. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are rocky. Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants. Uranus and Neptune are ice giants. Explore with NASA ↗